Notice of consideration for VNU scholarships for PhD students and trainees

Notice of consideration for scholarships of VNU for PhD students and trainees

1. Purpose of scholarship consideration

Attracting and encouraging  students with achievements and research capacity to participate in doctoral training programs and post-doctoral internships of  Hanoi National University (VNU); Contributing to improving the quality of training and scientific research of doctoral students (NCS), trainees (TTS) in doctoral training programs, post-doctoral internships, and strengthening human resource training high-level scientific force for socio-economic development towards international integration.

Improve the quality and efficiency of VNU’s scientific and technological research activities.

2. Subjects and conditions for applying for a doctoral fellowship

2.1. Registered object

Candidates applying for NCS scholarships are candidates who wish to apply for doctoral training or PhD students who are participating in doctoral training programs at a training unit of VNU, have good research ability, have international publication and commitment to meet the output standards in accordance with this Regulation and the current Regulation on doctoral training of VNU.

2.2. Registration conditions

a) Age is not more than 40 years as of the date of decision on recognition of NCS;

b) Have a minimum GPA of at least 2.8 at undergraduate and master’s levels (scale of 4) for candidates applying for master’s degrees; have a minimum GPA of study at university level of at least 2.8 (point scale 4) for candidates applying for bachelor’s degree;

c)  Have a research protocol in which expected implementation plan to achieve outputs of doctoral training at least as follows:  During the training period, the PhD student is the lead author (first name author) /contact author) of at least 02 articles on the research results of the thesis published in specialized scientific journals in the list of ISI/Scopus journals, of which at least 01 journal article is published ranking Q1 (for the field of natural science and technology) or at least 01 article in a journal rated Q2 or higher (for other fields);

d) Having reputable scientists sponsor the introduction. The sponsoring scientist is not necessarily the thesis supervisor of the NCS;

dd) Commit to comply with VNU’s regulations on granting scholarships to PhD students with excellent research ability;

e) In addition to the above conditions, candidates who are candidates for doctoral training must meet the enrollment conditions according to the current Regulation on doctoral training; NCS  who are enrolled in a doctoral training program must have at least 18 months of study and research time in accordance with regulations by the time of submitting the application to participate in the scholarship program.

3. Subjects and conditions for applying for trainee scholarships

3.1. Registered object

Candidates applying for TTS scholarships can be domestic or foreign, inside or outside VNU, have good research capacity, suitable research proposal and have scientists to receive guidance and research sponsorship.

3.2. Registration conditions

a)   Clear personal background, not during criminal judgment execution, discipline from warning level or higher;

b) Having enough health to study and research;

c) Age not older than 45 as of the date of application registration;

d) The degree is recognized and the doctoral degree is awarded within 5 years from the date of decision on recognition of the degree to the date of application registration;

dd) Have a research outline, in which, research fields and research contents suitable to VNU’s strengths; Expected implementation plan to achieve achievementoutput of postdoctoral internship minimum as follows: During the internship, TTS is the main author of articles published in specialized scientific journals belongs to the ISI/Scopus list with a rating of Q2 or higher; the number of publications corresponding to the duration of the internship (minimum 01 post/year);

e) There is a sponsoring scientist introduced and accepted as a guide by a lecturer or permanent researcher of VNU;

g) Commitment toimplement stipulations  of VNU on granting scholarships to  TTS with excellent research ability.